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Techrights Gemini Site ('Capsule')

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Summary: We'll soon have Techrights available over the Gemini protocol, which is light and elegant (and also enjoys fast-growing support)

THERE are many perfectly legitimate reasons to abandon the Web and the Web browsers that the Web is tied into. The Web is nowadays a chaotic mix of DRM, proprietary JavaScript you're not allowed to disable (otherwise, you won't be allowed to access many sites), and endless surveillance that goes beyond JavaScript (e.g. log files sold in retail quantities to so-called "data brokers", sometimes by ISPs).



"It is understandable that many people won't want to explore Gemini, having become accustomed to sites and Web browsers that they know, as well as processes they've long become familiar with."We recognise the growing "Web fatigue" because we too share this fatigue. Last year, owing to lock-downs, we had spare time to work towards IPFS ("dweb" and censorship resistance) and now we're working on a Gemini capsule for this Web site. The aim is to make it as rich an experience as the Web version.

It is understandable that many people won't want to explore Gemini, having become accustomed to sites and Web browsers that they know, as well as processes they've long become familiar with. Gemini is actually not difficult at all to use (or even to set up; I've found that a lot simpler than setting up a Web site/server). Below we include the introductory part from Wikipedia and the above video explains what we've done so far (not much is left to complete before going "live").

Gemini in Wikipedia

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